The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-23
FACTS FOR FARM

ia hog is worth having on the
farm then he is worth feeding until he
i at his best
constant change of stock gives you
no o~pportunity to realize the full value
,fsny breed. however good.
A good, sharp fodder-cutter, used
# eyery feeding. will save more than
is cost, as we'll Us pay for the labor oi
mtting every season. All the coarse
food should be passed through the fod'
ier.cutter Troy Times.
Chloride Of lime is an infallible
preventive of rats, as they flee from its
ador as from q pestilence. 1t should
be thrown down their holes and spread
about wherever they are likely to come,
and should be renewed once a fortnight.
-WesterW Rural. rI
The manure and liquid. droppings
from stock that have been mixed and
absorbed with sawdust may be applied
with advantage upon clay soils, which
it liehtens and relieves of that sticky,
tenacious quality which prevents such
soils from absorbing manure as gen.
orally applied.-Prairie Farmer.
so far no one has been able 10
state what hog cholera is, and, Of
course, no sure remedy is known. The
symptoms vary in different sections.
and nearly all diseases to which the
hog is subjected are now classed as
cholera. The only was to avoid it is to
keep the quarters clean and feed varia-
bic food.-.N. Y. Herald.
Blue grass has the advantage Of
not running out as long as it receives
a top dressing Of manure annually. 1t
does best on limestone soils. but is
grown in nearly all sections. Orchard
grass is a variety that gives early past.
urage, and can be grown where many
other grasses will not flourish.
The yield of alsike generally dis.
appoints the expectations of those who
look at it while growing. Its stalks
are fine, and do not weigh in proper
ton to the bulk. as they are harsh and
lie loosely. 1t is a good crop to SOW
with the common red clover, as it will
all In space where the old-fashioned
clover fails to catch.
The great aim Of every farmer
should be to so decompose his manure
AS to get 1t into the finest possible con
as it will then not only be more
easily handled and spread upon the
but will also be more available
and immediate as plant-food. The
more complete the decomposition the
the solubility of manure, and
is an important matter which
should never be overlooked.-M E.
Farmer.
There is this to be said in favor Of
the manure on grass lands
hat none 80 applied is wasted. Neither
" washing away on the surface nor
y filtering through the soil q it be
ost. It is protected from washing by
he grass on the ground, which catches
he particles Of manure. and as for
eaching away, there is little danger Of
hat from the feeding roots of grass
every particle of soil and
to take every atom Of plant food
it comes within their reach.-M y
President Barry of the Western
Jew York Horticultural Society signifi.
antly remarked, in u recent address,
the largely complained Of over
OF fruit came from the over.
upply Of poor fruit only, but there had
een no over production Of fruit of high
uality. The fruit grower who Is thor
ugh in his cultivation. careful In his
election and conscientious in his pack
,g. is not often found among the com.
lainers. He has q ready market for
is goods.